rodilhão

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁo.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [ho.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁo.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [χo.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁu.diˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [ʁu.ðiˈʎɐ̃w̃]

  • Hyphenation: ro‧di‧lhão

Etymology 1

From rodilla +‎ -ão.

Noun

rodilhão m (plural rodilhões)

  1. a large castor
  2. wheel of a wheelbarrow
  3. small wheelbarrow used to transport stones from the hill
  4. (regional) atafona's constituent part
  5. (Trás-os-Montes) (strip of meat from a steer or veal that takes up part of the belly and the front of the animal's ribs)
    Synonym: rodeão
  6. (regional) intriguer; gossip
  7. (informal) confusion

Etymology 2

From rodilho +‎ -ão.

Noun

rodilhão m (plural rodilhões)

  1. augmentative of rodilho